New Media Technology
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- johndiggity0
synthia
- sleepyfatso0
How about the next level of GPS based web apps. Gowalla now is kinda lame (imo), but, maybe talk about how they can take technology like that to the next level.
- SteveJobs0
new media? what is this, 2002?
- lukus_W0
Talk about the dawn of the industrial age .. the transitions that society when through as we moved from a society where communities consumed the food and products they produced themselves, to a society where producers and consumers were separated.
Use examples to show how the requirements of industrialisation created social change back when factory-based production was a new thing - and move on to provide your own assessment of the way that current new media technology is creating change now, at the beginning of the digital age.
Highlight what could go 'right' as well as what could go 'wrong'. Play futurologist.
- orrinward0
Does it have to be on a device or a technology?
Mobile devices and the progression of the semantic web could be a good topic, and if you're anticipating classmates doing iPad e.t.c it'll probably come across as a more advanced investigation, whilst not being completely obscure.
- twokids0
whoever you are, lazy dude, asking people to think for you, ok, here goes:
in the 50s semiconducters were invented (guys won Nobel prize, look it up). because of this, the development of computers accelerated. they got smaller and faster every year and in the 60s moores law was first stated (look it up). Small and fast trend continued and by late 70s small home computers were built (Apple II first, look it up) creating the modern pc. That idea of a box with a computer and keyboard, mouse and monitor has continued to this day, just faster and faster, but always around 1-2 thousand dollars.
Oh and laptops were developed, small versions of these machines, usually more expensive and less powerful, but mobile. And of course the internet took off in the 90s (Netscape - Tim Berners Lee, look it up)
So this trend continued, smaller, faster, around 1-2 K and connected to the web, but....its all changing now - and that's the story.
Steve Jobs has declared 'the end of the pc era' (look it up) and that means that more people are now using devices like smartphones, netbooks, iPads, etc. to access the internet, and PCs and trending down for the first time. big story.
what does this mean? hard to say...but huge battles are going on in the industry now that will determine who the major players will be in the future of smaller, more diverse devices that people use to get their information (ie death of newspapers, etc...look it up). Apple vs Adobe vs Google (HTC) and so on....look it up
Man if you cant find a story today - you are not looking very hard.
- lukus_W0
Maybe you could just pick a single media industry and talk about how it is being forced to change. I'm not sure if this is part of your course, but it's probably more useful and interesting to talk about how technology affects people and society, rather than the technology itself.
The newspaper industry is a good example. Newpapers are currently fucked. No one's buying them as much as they used to, and their websites are being viewed for free and aggregated by companies like Google.
Rupert Murdoch is intent on running the biggest experiment the industry has ever encountered, by creating a 'paywall' - charging users to access his paper's content. How likely is it, that this will work? If it does work, what will this mean for the 'free web'?
Blogs have become a viable source for real news. How does this affect journalism? Anyone can become a blogger ... how will this affect the way that the general public views news? Are people less or more likely to believe everything they read?
Can technology help save the industry? Will the iPad help the industry fight back? etc..
- whatsup0
How about smellavision
- ukit0
- "Commercial EEG headsets already exist that allow wearers to manipulate virtual objects by thought alone, noted Sajda, but thinking "move rock" is easier than, say, "Have everyone meet at Starbucks at 5:30.""lukus_W
- but thinking "move rock" is easier than, say, "Have everyone meet at Starbucks at 5:30."lukus_W
- hahaha, check this out http://kotaku.com/35…ukit
- instrmntl0
Write about cloud services and SaaS. The women in your class will want you, and the men will want to be like you.
It's the future of technology and computing.
- PIZZA0
Yeah seconding 3D printing too if you can spin it round to fit the brief, it was used to make the costume pieces in the new iron man film.
- DeIntegro0
the privacy of information due to all the data that is collected from itunes, facebook etc...
- Douglas0
multi-touch screen technology.
look up Jeff Han: http://www.perceptivepixel.com/
- garretttt0
Ya, it needs to be some new type of technology... or a device...
i have to present my report in a manner that im trying to "sell" it to the class...
- monNom0
Apple appstore as alternative/parallel internet? sell the closed system/high-quality content compared to open system/variable quality of the internet. You could make the case that content providers will seek the best return for their time and energy, and going forward you may see channels like the appstore attracting most high-quality content, rather than it deploying to the internet and trying to monetize through advertising.
- utopian0
Pardon me.. What is new media technology?
- October0
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